Xavier
@buzzwhistle.bsky.social
San Franciscan, Latino, Socialist, Lover of games and stories
I really really hate how being a leftist means I need to have informed and extensive opinions on socialist infighting from over 100 years ago and across several countries.
Bolsheviks vs anarchists! KPD vs SPD! THE FUCKING SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
Bolsheviks vs anarchists! KPD vs SPD! THE FUCKING SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
April 14, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I really really hate how being a leftist means I need to have informed and extensive opinions on socialist infighting from over 100 years ago and across several countries.
Bolsheviks vs anarchists! KPD vs SPD! THE FUCKING SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
Bolsheviks vs anarchists! KPD vs SPD! THE FUCKING SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
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"I maintain mechs"
"Cool, what's that look like?"
"Cool, what's that look like?"
April 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"I maintain mechs"
"Cool, what's that look like?"
"Cool, what's that look like?"
I simply cannot express how much I hate that journalistic practice has switched from "the most important information first" to "bury it 3-4 paragraphs deep so they have to see some ads first."
April 3, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I simply cannot express how much I hate that journalistic practice has switched from "the most important information first" to "bury it 3-4 paragraphs deep so they have to see some ads first."
"Now, in a second I'm going to change into my outie.."
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March 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
"Now, in a second I'm going to change into my outie.."
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Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
Proud Boys Lose Control of Their Name to a Black Church They Vandalized (Gift Article)
A judge awarded the trademarked name and symbols to a Washington church to help satisfy a $2.8 million judgment against the far-right group.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Judge rules that Black church in DC, which won a $2.8 million default judgment against the Proud Boys, now gains control over the trademark “Proud Boys.” The far-right group is barred from selling any related merchandise or symbols without the consent of the church. Gift link:
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Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
We all like to yell at the Democrats, but it’s really Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune who are letting Elon Musk and his faceless goon squad make a mockery of their power as leaders of a coequal branch without uttering a peep or lifting a finger.
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.
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Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
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Tried mixing Mexican alcohol with 20th century American literature last night.
Ended up with tequila mockingbird
Ended up with tequila mockingbird
February 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Tried mixing Mexican alcohol with 20th century American literature last night.
Ended up with tequila mockingbird
Ended up with tequila mockingbird
This article sent me on a real spiral of depression.
I don't know how we come back from this.
(Paywall unlocked)
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
I don't know how we come back from this.
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Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System (Gift Article)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:52 AM
This article sent me on a real spiral of depression.
I don't know how we come back from this.
(Paywall unlocked)
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
I don't know how we come back from this.
(Paywall unlocked)
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
What's the response to what's going on with the federal government? I mean, after we win power back — when that happens, how do we undo the damage which has been done? How do we harden the system so it doesn't happen again as easily?
Why is nobody coming up with *that* plan?
Why is nobody coming up with *that* plan?
February 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
What's the response to what's going on with the federal government? I mean, after we win power back — when that happens, how do we undo the damage which has been done? How do we harden the system so it doesn't happen again as easily?
Why is nobody coming up with *that* plan?
Why is nobody coming up with *that* plan?
Importantly, they won't tell you when the concentration camps become extermination camps.
They'll just make it impossible to know what's rgoing on at those camps or what happens to the people there.
When they announce, which they will, that independent observers aren't allowed in, you'll know.
They'll just make it impossible to know what's rgoing on at those camps or what happens to the people there.
When they announce, which they will, that independent observers aren't allowed in, you'll know.
Concentration camps preceded extermination camps by several years. They began in Germany just as administratively, just as innocuously, as this.
It's important to understand the historical track we are on.
It's important to understand the historical track we are on.
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Importantly, they won't tell you when the concentration camps become extermination camps.
They'll just make it impossible to know what's rgoing on at those camps or what happens to the people there.
When they announce, which they will, that independent observers aren't allowed in, you'll know.
They'll just make it impossible to know what's rgoing on at those camps or what happens to the people there.
When they announce, which they will, that independent observers aren't allowed in, you'll know.
This is why I get mad at fiction that portrays fascists as hyper efficient. No. They were corrupt, drug addled, buffoons.
Their successes were primarily in the field of propaganda — which using this trope just reinforces.
Their successes were primarily in the field of propaganda — which using this trope just reinforces.
already seeing a whole bunch of "no you don't understand This Was The Plan" and no y'all it wasn't, they're just stupid and don't know how to do the things they want to do.
January 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is why I get mad at fiction that portrays fascists as hyper efficient. No. They were corrupt, drug addled, buffoons.
Their successes were primarily in the field of propaganda — which using this trope just reinforces.
Their successes were primarily in the field of propaganda — which using this trope just reinforces.
I was absolutely right, BTW. Just saw a priest do it at a pro-life rally.
Within weeks, we'll have the audience doing it back en masse.
Within weeks, we'll have the audience doing it back en masse.
So, my prediction is that MAGA types will absolutely begin doing the fascist salute, en masse and on purpose, but calling it "my heart goes out to you" as a way to "troll the libs."
January 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I was absolutely right, BTW. Just saw a priest do it at a pro-life rally.
Within weeks, we'll have the audience doing it back en masse.
Within weeks, we'll have the audience doing it back en masse.
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OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
January 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
OpenAI says it has proof that Deepseek used its work without permission to create something meant to undermine and destroy its product.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
On behalf of all the authors whose novels and stories were taken as training data, oh no that must be so hard for you.
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
I'm not sure what this one is actually about, but I believe in supporting internet weirdos, so I'm liking and sharing it.
I do not understand your post, sir, but I have liked it nonetheless in the spirit of fraternity established by the Brosforlife Accords.
January 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I'm not sure what this one is actually about, but I believe in supporting internet weirdos, so I'm liking and sharing it.
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This is called a “Holy Grail Timelapse”, it’s not just one of the hardest things to do with a camera, but also my favorite.
January 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This is called a “Holy Grail Timelapse”, it’s not just one of the hardest things to do with a camera, but also my favorite.
An illustration of a black woman punching a Nazi from Adventure!, for no reason
January 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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That time when I wrote this seven and one half years ago
Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism
Extreme libertarians built blockchain to decentralize government and corporate power. It could consolidate their control instead.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
That time when I wrote this seven and one half years ago
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Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...
Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World
Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Opinion | Lessons on Authoritarianism From Around the World - The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/o...